New ‘rockumentary’ Call + Response deals with contemporary issue of slavery
March 12, 2009
Film site (HT: Eugene Cho)
Things that happened for the first time in 2008
January 1, 2009
A list by FellowElder at Pure Church
Christians and slavery
November 17, 2008
At The Scriptorium, John Mark Reynolds discusses the apparent ambivalence of Scripture regarding the practice of slavery:
“The Bible attacks slavery and many other social injustices indirectly. The main focus of the Bible is not human culture, but the relationship between God and humankind. The Bible prioritizes healing the dying soul over dealing with corrupt cultures. God also recognizes that revolutionary change in human institutions often produces more harm than good …”
On the same topic: there’s a new movie called Trade about the modern slave trade, and its existence in the U.S. Watch a trailer at the Trade movie site (HT: Church Video Ideas)
Video: How did Christian slave owners justify slavery?
October 21, 2008
From the Acton Powerblog, number 8 in the Birth of Freedom Shorts series (’shorts’ is a fitting description — this one is just 1:45).
Susan Wise Bauer’s homepage.
Human trafficking
October 14, 2008
This video is posted at The Crimson Window, along with some helpful resource links on this topic:
IJM - Reality of Human Trafficking from International Justice Mission on Vimeo.
Get involved through the International Justice Mission website today.
